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December 30, 2012

I'll let the photos do most of the talking, since there are a lot of them! Second day in Guongzhou included exploring their newly opened public library, hitting up the museum, checking out the public plaza around all this new development, eating dim sum (never gets old), combing through a massive multilevel bookstore, and observing street life.

I went to Beijing last year and noticed people seem to favor either folding bikes or electric bikes. The street vendors especially like cargo/tricycle electric bikes. Although my family is Cantonese, I still haven't visited Guangzhou! I was under the impression that Guangzhou and Hong Kong is always warm, but doesn't look like it with everyone wearing jackets. Do you plan on riding that superfast train they just opened from Beijing to Guangzhou?

rita - they had some English books, but mostly ESL sorts of things. There was a very thin version of Great Expectations, which was annotated humourously. And Don spent a lot of time reading a book of quotes by famous people:) After a while, I gave up and found some comics with pictures and no words!

Ridonkulus - Yes, foldies were EVERYWHERE!Lots of Dahon looking ones, with different stickers on them. And tons of rusty beaters. People ride like they're insane. It makes a Manhattan bike courier look tame.